Redshift in the National Curriculum

Key Stage 4

Changes in the National Curriculum now mean that teachers must also teach knowledge, skills and understanding aswell as the actual scientific content of Physics. The following table contains the specifications as laid out in the Science section of the Curriculum QCA website, aswell as links to relevant pages on the NRP website.

QCA Area	Topic	NRP Link
How Science Works	Data, evidence, theories and explanations 1. Pupils should be taught: a) how scientific data can be collected and analysed b) how interpretation of data, using creative thought, provides evidence to test ideas and develop theories c) how explanations of many phenomena can be developed using scientific theories, models and ideas	Hubble's Law <
How Science Works	Practical and enquiry skills 2. Pupils should be taught to: b) collect data from primary or secondary sources, including using ICT sources and tools	Plotting your own Hubble's Law diagram
How Science Works	Communication skills 3. Pupils should be taught to: a) recall, analyse, interpret, apply and question scientific information or ideas b) use both qualitative and quantitative approaches c) present information, develop an argument and draw a conclusion, using scientific, technical and mathematical language, conventions and symbols and ICT tools.	Powerpoint presentation of HTF SalsaJ analysis of galaxy images
How Science Works	Applications and implications of science 4. Pupils should be taught: c) how uncertainties in scientific knowledge and scientific ideas change over time and about the role of the scientific community in validating these changes	The Great Debate<

Below are references to the different examining bodies' schemes of work, relevant to redshift in the curriculum.

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